The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-10-14


Ground"
The ride from Kansas City 20 Denver
X the dullost duStieSt hottest and most
ur,->prin, IN the summer months that Il is
l">-it'lc L. Imagine. The distance Is G.ig
miles hN the Onion Pacific. and ri,iIiyl-
ti"n Il strung out - thinly and "a, such
wI.ir intervals th1t the trip has = desert
flavor. and with the Thermometer rang
In" from 80 to 100 icgS., and with the
cars crowded to the last platform of the
train, there l. little comfort and less en-
lpymcut III IL than in anything else that
kEoH 81. But tie journey WIS, 10 au
apprrCiahc degree, cnliNrUcd bv some
stories told 10y men concerned i'm one way
OF "no.ncr with Colorado mining. They
"lli OF course have no c!iDc. upon lc4iti-
mat" trading III mines, which is carried
on to such \ largc extent IN -. Louis.
Tut tlcy Viii serve - pleasant iluStr.i-
uOuS 81 the reckless and cNtrlva-ant
WAYS lu which many people have been
led 10 invest in ''htlc~ in the ground"
without giving the subject anv cDm-iGrr:l-
ton Whatever, or allowing their diSgr.-
tom L. @uIdc them, u7 they would i'm
other business ventures. Tn" cause OF
tins rS~l and ImpctUuU~ dash lUr fortune.
- thoroughly appreciated 10y the genuine
wrNtrrucr, "ho keeps coo. and resist, inn
pulse under the most shining or irving
tlrcuuI-l l4uCcS-
"lou are from st. Louis arr YOU o" =
Gentleman asked. who j. superintendent
OF = prosperous mine near Georgetown.
w ell. You came from Il great mine
market, and Your citizens own some very
fine properties. They ,cN me its ~
easy to place i mine in ~ Louis as it is
TO catch the cholera IN CauStantinoplc
when An epidemic l. i!Duri~hiug there.
All u man has got 10 DO i 10 land in the
town with a map Of u prairie dog hole or
some kind OF two days old excavation,
and 90 around with a substitution paper.
and II lac starts ont early IN the morning
hc can have his document full Of names
and his pockets full OF money before
night"
You have heard OF OLD Tom Johns ?'
another wcstcrncr broke i'll What!
not heard uf Tom Johns-thc old fellow
that played the specimen trick on Anna
Dickinson when Commodore Decatur
WIS showing her over the mountains.
near Georgetown Well, III tell vou
Tom Johns took the st. Louis and Boston
lolks IN @ooi style, and has made more
money selling mines, which nobody has
ever seen or heard of, than any man i'm
western history. lie sold u mint. in Il
LOUIS ipr 100000 that paid ~. 900 diyid-
rLt- .E t"8 Ev--rs. IL l'I1t the Giyid-
ends himself and when lac -1l tired of
paving them he Just quit, and l believe
The owners ot that mine have been look
ing Tor IL ever since. don't SuppoS,. old
Tom himself knew Hnere It was-ur
cared cItHcr
He broke one family in Boston. Tom
did, and got 100000 ont Of q syndicate
At the Hub that were tine worst fooled
lot OF money BAGS that ever struck Colo
raGo. THIS syndicate, or il mayb only
ItlpglfIBn fhgtn t.ar1t.a ,,-..lt g.. -.
the mInc III which they had paid their
money, and ot which Tom gave them an
account ten times more glowing than the
Book Of Revelations When Tom got
word that they were en- route he Was not
worried IN the least He hired 4 big
house uP III the mountains Just beyond
tIcprgctOTn, some kind of hotel | think
II w:s, and he got servants aaI groceries
and champagne, and made all necessary
arrangements to furnish first class enter
raiuneEt. He met them ut Denver aud
escorted them the rest OF the way. The
party were tired, and they God the en-
tcrtaRlng iOr three or four DAYS; ut the
end oI that time they wanted 10 see their
100000 niuc. Old Tom took them out
Il piece and up bit, and pointing to a
row OF stakes driven IN the snow, said
There she Is, gentlemen. Right
under them stakes, which have had put
there by surveyor Just over my stakes
III Lhc ground, Is Your mine You can't
See II NOW because the SHOWS ON it, but
when the snOW goes she'll bc al LuLky,
and You can bet rs = bonanza
Il hats al the Euston syndicate ever
saw OF their mine, which was located on
Gojhic Peak, l think. Those stakes in
the snow cost them 100000"
Talking about snow Investments"
said 4 mining expert who WAS in the
lid h. Of .
ran 2Vo-ioDt tEinncl into Il snow bank?
No. Vel, tAl- man who was some kind of
~. engineer, and some Eastern people who
lad bought mine engaged him t. run \
tunnel for them, and he did it-hc ran II
through 200 Iect Of snow and got paid for
Il AMI when the SHOW melted and the
lrcenhOrns went ont to look Tor tbcir
tunnel it had been dissipatcd b., the sun
and w:lS skirnishing down towards the
basin ol the Mississippi valley 10y WAY OF
the ARKANSAS river
Then another story was told about a
Young man who belonged 10 an Illinois
syndicate that purchased a mine In some
port ol the mountains and came out L.
look at 1t. This Was two summers 400.
Somebody helped him To locate hrclaim.
and they found ii under Il mass Of snow.
"Iow can we get at t2' hc asked
You can't get N it till the snow mclts.~
WAS the answer.
And when viii the snow mcIt?"
'BOn't know
lie waited all that summer. and the
snow was still there, when Ac packed hi.
lrIgs and started back Tor the sucl,.r.tata
The following summer hp tried IL a-.lin.
but the snow was there still. He ha~ not
been around yet this summer, but he's
expected.
At Nevada City l,OO) pounds OF ore
wcre sold snort time ago for 5000 IL
Nas identified aS the product OF the Eb,r-
hard mine, near White Pines and there
n;ts 4 great deal OF curiosity to learn how
II had been carried out OF lie mine. The
etprV Wa> obtained ~ some Wav and this
= II: 4 Cornish miner employed in the
EhcrlI4rd mad his dinner bucket made
witi1 q falls. bottom. INTO which unr,ut -
Specimen every day, carving il AWAY
S;uriE {" cabin which he shared with
another Cornish man who worked ON the
ng.lt shait As his partner was absent
when he was present, he had no trouble
IN ~ceTrilng the ore, placing il each nialt
under the fppr 81 the cabin and kprpiug
ITS presence and whereabouts 4 secret
Ono morning he informed his partucr
thl. Ho was "oin" To guit the Fbcrh9rJ
and leave The country. The partner lrtrI.+
have been suspicious, Tor he oulvwaitcd
Tor the orc thici % get out Of sight. when
l.c tore up IN" cabin floor, and borrow
ln= a hors. and wagon, loaded up rh.
l,-y' pounds OF stuff, and driving 10 Ne
Ia City. sold IT, lie then disappeared
and the original thief never got Il cent loJ.
h-s share OF the pluuder
- MAT did you say your friend j.
tommy "A taNidermiSt - ssNb,tr.,